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The cloud infrastructure company promotes Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as it redoubles focus on a series of artificial intelligence initiatives, including its forthcoming AI-powered EHR.

Good governance builds trust for staff to give up the tasks they thought were critical to their jobs.

Change is on the horizon, and its time to start planning for it, says HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf, at the HIMSS AI Leadership Strategy Summit in Chicago. He describes some use cases, existing and emerging, that he's excited about.

"It's a myth that providers are against new tools and technology," says Thomas Osborne, CMO at Microsoft.

In addition to those labor cost savings, the California health system has enabled employees to now view and manage their schedules via mobile apps, swap shifts independently, and pick up open shifts across facilities.

The NOFO encourages states to facilitate collaboration between rural health facilities and larger regional systems to share resources, technology and services for their applications. 

She likes how artificial intelligence is freeing up "brain space" for nurses and is intrigued by how well AI pairs with robotics. But she cautions that, done wrong, AI could depersonalize care while exacerbating staff burnout.

Many clinicians at group practices already have turned to some type of AI tool – and the majority are realizing big benefits. The tech CEO behind the report offers a deep dive into the eye-opening results.

Also, healthcare workforce licensing has gone online in Indonesia.

Epic Emeritus CMIO Dr. David K. Butler advises health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems on important aspects of the processes that occur just before go-live to about three months after.